Julien Boudet’s exhibition “Tout est Bleu” is on view at Brussels’s Stems Gallery through February 12. Featuring a selection of installations, images, and sculptures, it is the artist’s debut solo exhibition, comprised of works made during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Installation view of Julien Boudet’s “Tout est Bleu,” courtesy of the artist and Stems Gallery.
Considering the worldwide spectrum that comes with consumerism, the artist looks to the influence of the Western and its effects on Mediterranean culture. The featured works lie at a cross-section of technology, culture, and media, offering new context to labels of iconic and luxury brands, and examining themes like the duality between real and fake and branding as a symbol of desire.
Within the gallery, the space’s industrial, concrete interiors serve as a fitting setting for Boudet’s latest body of work, including images of an antique car next to a Nike-checked horse titled Cheval masque Nike Carrera, the wall-hung sculpture made from motorcycle parts, Super T-MAX, and an image printed on synthetic recycled fiber entitled Let’s Ride.
Julien Boudet, “Cheval masqué Nike Carrera,” 2020, Archival pigment print, 59 x 39 3⁄8 inches; courtesy of the artist and Stems Gallery.
